Mouillage

Anse de Penhap

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Shelter: NW, N, W
Seabed: sand, rock, algae
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage at the southern tip of the Île aux Moines in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany. Mixed sand, rock and weed bottom, open to the south.

Beach
Seagrass

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the main gulf channel by rounding the Pointe de Penhap. Strong tidal streams in the Golfe du Morbihan, up to 8 knots at spring tides, plan for slack water. The seabed includes rock and kelp, pick a spot on sand patches and check the set of the anchor after veering chain. Rig a tripping line, as flukes snag on the rock and can be hard to recover; tucking south towards the tip keeps boats clearer of the stream.

Practical

Visitor mooring buoys are laid off the point and take up much of the best sand, so pick up a buoy or anchor further out, where the tide runs harder. Anchor on sand in 3 to 6 metres at low water; holding varies with the patches of rock and weed. Shelter from NW, N and W winds, exposed to S and SE. In southerly weather fall back to Kerners-Bilouris, 0.8 NM W, or Le Logeo, 1.2 NM S.

Ashore

Landing by tender on the Plage de Penhap. The coastal path of the Île aux Moines passes directly above the beach. The cromlech of Kergonan, a Neolithic stone horseshoe, is about 1 km inland north of the anse.